'Platform' definitions:

Definition of 'platform'

(from WordNet)
noun
A raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
noun
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" [syn: platform, political platform, political program, program]
noun
The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
noun
Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons [syn: platform, weapons platform]
noun
A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: chopine, platform]

Definition of 'Platform'

From: GCIDE
  • Platform \Plat"form`\, n. [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
  • 1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • lf the platform just reflects the order. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop. [1913 Webster]
  • Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f?at.
  • Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Platform'

From: GCIDE
  • Platform \Plat"form`\, v. t.
  • 1. To place on a platform. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'platform'

From: GCIDE
  • Halfpace \Half"pace`\ (-p[=a]s`), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'platform'

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